Rajni Rawat, Uttarakhand's Only Transgender Candidate To Take On Both BJP And Congress

Uttarakhand's only transgender candidate in the upcoming state elections, Rajni Rawat, shares an intriguing commonality with Chief Minister Harish Rawat. Apart from their last names - though they are not related - Rajni Rawat and Harish Rawat are the only two candidates contesting from two seats simultaneously for the upcoming polls. An 'independent' contesting from Raipur and Dharmapur, 47-year-old Rajni Rawat is no political novice. Till 2016, she was the Vice President of the Uttarakhand state women's wing, under the Harish Rawat-led Congress.